Foolish
Foolish adjective - Showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment.
Unfortunate and foolish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unfortunate" instead an adjective "Foolish".
Unfortunate
Unfortunate adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.
Foolish and unfortunate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foolish" instead an adjective "Unfortunate".
Nearby Word: unfortunately
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Both words in one sentence
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Woe betide anyone foolish enough to step into it unprotected (or unfortunate enough to get Thrown Out the Airlock): they'll pop like a turkey with a grenade stuffed inside.
Source: Explosive Decompression - The Baudelaires (and the Quagmires) in A Series of Unfortunate Events collectively fill this role, surrounded as they are by corrupt, foolish, borderline Ax-Crazy, and just plain unpleasant people.
Source: Only Sane Man / Literature - A Series of Unfortunate Events is largely toward the "cynical" end of the scale; many characters seem like they would prefer to be idealistic but have had the optimism crushed out of them, and those who are consistently optimistic come across as foolish.
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